Sunday, 1 September 2013

Delicious
Danish pastries have become popular in many parts of the world. These sweet
rolls are rich, flaky and often iced.

Because of
the name of popular pastry, the Danish is frequently assumed to originate in
Denmark. In fact, the Danish actually originated from Austria.

It was
because of the pastry’s massive popularity in Denmark that it was called the
“Danish.” Today, the Danish remains one of the most popular goods sold at
bakeries. In Denmark, the word for pastry is “wienerbrod”, or “Viennese bread.

The
ingredients include flour, milk, yeast, eggs, and copious amounts of butter or
margarine.The Danish can be topped with chocolate, sugar and icing and may be
stuffed with either jam fruits or custard. Shapes are numerous including circle
with filling in the middle, figure- eights, spirals and the pretzel-like
kringles. In UK, various ingredients such as jams, custard apricots, raisins,
flaked almonds, pecans or caramelized toffee are placed on or within sections
of divided dough, which is then baked. Cardamom is often added to increase the
aromatic sense of sweetness. Such a heavenly taste, is addicted for sure.